On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 5:15 PM, rastaman <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I would like to ask you, whether is there a way to unlock a locked HDD (WD SmartWare) under Wine.
>
> Under Windows it should be requesting the set password after it is connected (Autorun?). Under Linux (Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS 32-bit, running as Live CD) this cannot be achieved.
>
> I am trying to run "autorun.inf" and "Unlock.exe" manually ("Open with Wine Windows Program Loader"), but Wine replies: "Application has encountered an unexpected error and is now exiting".
>
> I also tried to run "sudo chown..." and "sudo chmod...", but the system replied: "Read-only file system" (that is UDF, by the way).
>
> I also wanted to create a new partition, hoping that I could write into that one, but GParted could not even see it.
>
> The solution is to find a Windows PC and unlock it (I know the password, of course), but I have none available at the moment.
>
> Would anybody help?
>
Wine does not allow you to run windows device drivers or talk directly
to hardware so I would believe this is very doubtful to get that to
work.
John
